July 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 893

Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 28th day of October next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 13th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1932.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Buggy, to be called “The Robin’s Patent Convertible Buggy.”

ALFRED WILLIAM ROBIN, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Carriage-builder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1934.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Gas Regulators or Governors.

HENRY FFRENCH BROMHEAD, of London, England, Gas Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1935.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for pressing Wool, Hay, or other Articles by Double-action Single-lever Press.

WILLIAM JOHN HOPE-JOHNSTONE, of Waverley, in the County of Patea, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1936.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. 864c. Joseph Aaron van der Walde, James Playfair Taylor, and Ezra Eldred; Section 9, Block ——, Earnslaw, Otago Mining District; 15 acres 3 roods 21 perches.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. 998. Daniel Gregory, James Alexander Gregory, and Charles Gordon; Section 30, Block IX., Waitakere, Nelson South-west Mining District; 1 acre and 25 perches.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st July, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. 1127. George Wright, for the United New South Wales Quartz-mining Company; 59 acres 3 roods, Section 52, Block XIII., Lyell, in the Nelson South-west District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” and with the regulations made under that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Lyell on or before the 27th day of September, 1886.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John Phillips, Elijah Bunn, and Edward Carroll. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Excelsior Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Owen River, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Native Land Court Notice.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 16th day of July, 1886, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 25th day of August, 1886.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Ahirau. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Gisborne. Area: 746 acres.

Dated this 19th day of July, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Notice of Crown Grants ready for Delivery at the Office of the District Land Registrar, Wellington, and Fees payable on the same.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 26th July, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Crown Grants Act, 1883,” that the under-mentioned Crown grants are ready for delivery at the office of the District Land Registrar, Blenheim, on payment of the fees specified opposite each grant.

On the expiration of three months from the publication of this notice proceedings will be taken to recover all fees which shall not then have been paid.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,